hypocrisy

English - Turkish

Definition of hypocrisy in English Turkish dictionary

{i} riyakârlık

{i} iki yüzlülük

Politika iki yüzlülüktür. - Politics is hypocrisy.

İki yüzlülük hüküm sürüyor mu? - Does hypocrisy reign supreme?

(Politika, Siyaset) takiye

(Politika, Siyaset) takiyye

ikiyüzlülük

İkiyüzlülük demokrasinin ölümüdür. - Hypocrisy is the death of democracy.

İkiyüzlülük benim nefret ettiğim şeydir. - Hypocrisy is my abhorrence.

mürailik

English - English

Definition of hypocrisy in English English dictionary

Moral self-contradiction whereby the behavior of one or more people belies their own claimed or implied possession of certain beliefs, standards or virtues

An instance of either of the above

The claim or pretense of holding beliefs, feelings, standards, qualities, opinions or virtues that one does not actually possess

extreme insincerity

{n} dissimulation, deceit, art, pretence

The claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess

insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction

{i} insincerity, duplicity, falseness, state of being two-faced

an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction

disapproval If you accuse someone of hypocrisy, you mean that they pretend to have qualities, beliefs, or feelings that they do not really have. He accused newspapers of hypocrisy in their treatment of the story sincerity. when someone pretends to have certain beliefs or opinions that they do not really have - used to show disapproval   sincerity (ypocrisie, from hypokrisis )

The act or practice of a hypocrite; a feigning to be what one is not, or to feel what one does not feel; a dissimulation, or a concealment of one's real character, disposition, or motives; especially, the assuming of false appearance of virtue or religion; a simulation of goodness

insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have

English vice

If hypocrisy was the English vice, as the French critic Taine declared, then it had soon become naturalized in the United States.

Related Terms

height of hypocrisy

epitome of hypocrisy, peak of sanctimoniousness

hypocrisies

plural of hypocrisy

Hyphenation

hy·poc·ri·sy

Turkish pronunciation

hîpäkrısi

Synonyms

affectation, bad faith, bigotry, cant, casuistry, deceit, deception, dishonesty, display, dissembling, dissimulation, double-dealing, duplicity, false profession, falsity

Antonyms

forthrightness, honesty, righteousness, sincerity, truth

Pronunciation

/həˈpäkrəsē/ /hɪˈpɑːkrəsiː/

Etymology

() From Middle English ipocrisie Old French ypocrisie Late Latin hypocrisis Ancient Greek ὑπόκρισις (hupokrisis, “answer, stage acting, pretense”) ὑποκρίνομαι (hupokrinomai, “I reply”) ὑπό (hupo, “under, equivalent of the modern "hypo-" prefix”) + the middle voice of κρίνω (krinō, “I separate, judge, decide”).